Senior Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Senior Network Engineer
North West > Cumbria

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in Cumbria is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 39 40
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 1.35% 1.75% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.89% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £529 £478 -
25th Percentile £534 £481 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £495 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -13.91% -
75th Percentile £572 £504 £588
90th Percentile £581 £505 -
North West median daily rate £473 £495 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -13.91% +21.05%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cumbria with a recognized job title 147 212 218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 99.32% 92.98% 96.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 95 144
10th Percentile £410 £372 £461
25th Percentile £460 £434 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -16.40% +46.03%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £672
90th Percentile £690 £662 £725
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -4.21% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 47
10th Percentile £14.16 £21.69 £10.95
25th Percentile £17.01 £25.26 £11.01
Median hourly rate £41.68 £47.55 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% +126.43% -62.80%
75th Percentile £63.86 £73.86 £44.41
90th Percentile £67.58 £82.00 £46.91
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £32.25 £24.15
% change year-on-year +32.36% +33.57% -19.52%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Network Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Network Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria

Senior Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Network Engineer within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 7 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness +5 2 £550 +11.11% 1
Senior Network Engineer
North West

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 7 March 2026, Senior Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cumbria region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Ekahau
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) NAS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Server+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) NAS
2 1 (50.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Server+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Aruba
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Ekahau
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow